English Vocabulary from
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Note : Click on the titles to read the Editorials
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "ISRO sets the bar high"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "The foul air we breathe"
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "ISRO sets the bar high"
- Sets the bar high - to raise / increase the standards of quality that are expected of or required for something
- Boosted - improved / increased something
- Reputation - the opinion that people have about how good or how bad someone or something is
- Relying on someone/something - to depend on or trust someone or something
- Workhorse - a machine that operates without failing for long periods, although it might not be very interesting or exciting
- Nano - extremely small
- Aeronautics - the science of designing, building, and operating aircraft
- Significant - important or noticeable
- Cement - to make something stronger
- Key player - an important person, company, etc. in a particular area of activity
- Lucrative - producing a lot of money (especially of a business, job, or activity)
- Orbital - relating to the orbit (= curved path) of an object in space:
- Altitude - height above sea level
- Accomplished - to finish something successfully or to achieve something
- Ensuring - to make something certain to happen
- Collide - (especially of moving objects) to hit something violently
- Successive - happening one after the other without any break
- Besides - in addition to; also
- Payload - the amount of goods or people that a vehicle, such as a truck or aircraft, can carry
- Integrate - combining things, people, or ideas of different types in one effective unit, group, or system
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "The foul air we breathe"
- Foul - very dirty, or smelling or tasting unpleasant
- Drawn attention - to attract someone's attention / highlighting something
- Deadly - likely to cause death
- Pollutant - something that is harmful to the environment
- Pervade - to spread through something and present in every part of it
- Terrible - very unpleasant or serious or of low quality
- Premature - happening or done too soon, especially before the natural or suitable time
- Significant - important or noticeable
- Inhalable - breathable
- Particulate - an extremely small piece of dirt, especially one produced by road vehicles, that causes pollution
- Biomass - all the plant and animal life found in a particular area
- Tribunal - a special law court organized to judge a particular case
- Straw - the yellow stems of dried crops such as wheat
- Curb - to control or limit something that is harmful
- Urban - relating to towns and cities, or happening there
- In contrast - used when you are comparing two things or people and saying that the second one is very different from the first
- Mortality - the number of deaths within a particular area, group etc
- Deterioration - the process or fact of becoming worse
- Residue - the part that is left after the main part has gone or been taken away
- Enrich - to improve the quality of something by adding something else
- Fodder - food that is given to cows, horses, and other farm animals
- Compost - a mixture of decaying plants and vegetables that is added to soil to improve its quality
- Defy - to refuse to obey a person, decision, law, situation, etc
- Prohibitory - a law or rule that stops people from doing something
- Affordable - cheap enough for ordinary people to afford
- Seeder - a machine for sowing seed mechanically.
- Addressed - to try to deal with a problem
- Reliable - something that you can trust and depend upon
- Concern - to cause worry to someone
- Moderate - neither small nor large in size, amount, degree, or strength
- Shift gear - to change the position of the gears to make a vehicle go faster or more slowly
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